Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2002, 12:08 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2002, 12:08 PM EST (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2002, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 12:15 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Indianapolis, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 251708 TORIND INC097-251730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1206 PM EST TUE JUN 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS * UNTIL 1230 PM EST * AT 1205 PM EST...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ROCKY RIPPLE AT 1215 PM EST MERIDIAN HILLS AT 1220 PM EST CASTLETON AT 1230 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE OR USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. LAT...LON 3990 8633 3965 8630 3964 8596 3992 8599 DRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 19 min |
| Jun 25, 12:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 6:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 62 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.